Lyman and Werner molecular hydrogen transitions

Molecular transitions recently discovered at redshift z_abs_=2.059 towards the bright background quasar J2123-0050 are analysed to limit cosmological variation in the proton-to-electron mass ratio, {mu}=mp/me. Observed with the Keck telescope, the optical echelle spectrum has the highest resolving power and largest number (86) of H_2_ transitions in such analyses so far. Also, (seven) HD transitions are used for the first time to constrain {mu}-variation.

Identifier
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/403/1541
Related Identifier https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/403/1541
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Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/403/1541
Provenance
Creator Malec A.L.; Buning R.; Murphy M.T; Milutinovic N.; Ellison S.L.,Prochaska J.X.; Kaper L.; Tumlinson J.; Carswell R.F.; Ubachs W.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2010
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics